Idioms & Expressions

Question 1

Brevi tempore

Answer 1

for a short time

Question 2

Prima luce

Answer 2

at first light (dawn)

Question 3

aut..aut

Answer 3

either…or

Question 4

nec…neque

Answer 4

neither…nor

Question 5

utrum..an

Answer 5

whether…or

Question 6

et..et

Answer 6

both…and

Question 7

hodie

Answer 7

today

Question 8

heri

Answer 8

yesterday

Question 9

cras

Answer 9

tomorrow

Question 10

iter facere

Answer 10

to make a journey

Question 11

in animo habere

Answer 11

to have in mind

Question 12

memoria tenere

Answer 12

to keep in memory

Question 13

e. pluribus unum

Answer 13

out of many, one

Question 14

carpe diem

Answer 14

seize the day

Question 15

tempus fugit

Answer 15

time is fleeting

Question 16

N. B. (nota bene)

Answer 16

“special note” (observe carefully)

Question 17

a.m. (ante-meridiem)

Answer 17

before noon (morning)

Question 18

p.m (post meridiem)

Answer 18

after noon (afternoon)

Question 19

veni, vidi, vici

Answer 19

I came, I saw, I conquered (Caesar’s famous saying)

Question 20

summa cum laude

Answer 20

with the highest praise

Question 21

per annum

Answer 21

through the year (yearly salary)

Question 22

i.e. (id est)

Answer 22

it is… (starts a list of examples)

Question 23

a.d. (annus domini)

Answer 23

in the year of the Lord (opposite of BC)

Question 24

etc. (et cetera)

Answer 24

and the rest (used at the end of lists to show there are more things)

Question 25

e.g. (exempli gratia)

Answer 25

for example

Question 26

SPQR (senatus populusque Romanus)

Answer 26

phrase that represents ALL of Rome

Question 27

caveat emptor

Answer 27

buyer beware

Question 28

et als.

Answer 28

and the others

Question 29

ad astra per aspera

Answer 29

“to the stars through hardship”

Question 30

ars longa, vita brevis

Answer 30

art/skill is long, life is short (technical skills outlast people)

Question 31

status quo

Answer 31

keeping things as they are

Question 32

crossing the Rubicon

Answer 32

you can’t go back! What’s done is done!

Question 33

alea iacta est

Answer 33

“The dice have been thrown!” (It’s done. Let’s leave it to chance now.)